
Sons of the Desert(1933)
Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.


“LOOK THIS GIFT IN THE FACE IF YOU WANT A BIG HORSE-LAUGH”
After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.

W.C. Fields
Harold Bissonette

Baby LeRoy
Baby Dunk

Kathleen Howard
Amelia Bissonette

Jean Rouverol
Mildred Bissonette

Julian Madison
John Durston

Tommy Bupp
Norman Bissonette

Tammany Young
Everett Ricks

Morgan Wallace
James Fitchmueller

Charles Sellon
Mr. Muckle

Josephine Whittell
Mrs. Dunk
It's a Gift is a comedy film released in 1934 exploring themes of husband wife relationship, grocer, inheritance, grocery store, henpecked husband, molasses. Directed by Norman Z. McLeod, it stars W.C. Fields, Baby LeRoy, Kathleen Howard. After he inherits some money, Harold Bissonette ("pronounced bis-on-ay") decides to give up the grocery business, move to California and run an orange grove. Despite his family's objections and the news that the land he bought is worthless, Bissonette packs up and drives out to California with his nagging wife Amelia and children.
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